Full of references is Chen.

[Infy♫]

Her spellcard titles, contain dozens of references to future games. Let's take a look:
Wizard Sign "Phoenix Egg"  -Obvious mokou reference.
Shikigami Sign "Pentagram Flight" - Pentagrams are sanae's stuff.
Wizard Sign "Incarnate Immortal Sage" - With the immortal sage being Byakuren.
Oni Sign "Blue Oni Red Oni" - Suika!_{and yuugi :<}
Oni God "Soaring Bishamonten" Obvious tigeryoukai.

just sharing my knowledge.

[nintendonut888]

I hope you're kidding... It'd be more accurate to say she's full of mythological references in general.

[Helepolis]

That is a funny reference, in the form of fanon/fun facts they are pretty close. Mainly as Chen is the leader of the phantom cats and they make peoples life miserable.

BUT !

I hope you're kidding... It'd be more accurate to say she's full of mythological references in general.

True

Chen's red and blue oni was explained somewhere on a lolwiki. It has quite interesting back story. Same goes for Ran's spell cards as well.  Though I am not sure if Byakuren got immortality, I think she got the long-life thing. (cannot remember at 1:16am)

[Ryuu]

Though I am not sure if Byakuren got immortality, I think she got the long-life thing. (cannot remember at 1:16am)

Byakuren is only classified as a magician youkai so I guess it stands to reason that she'll die eventually.


also suika and yuugi are both red oni in terms of that reference. there are no blue oni(yet)

[Savory]

CHEEEEEEEEEN

[Drake]

CHEEEEEEEEEN

really?

[Firestorm29]

I was curious how someone can reference something that didn't exist, yet.

And how would we know if a Blue Oni came into the games?

[Savory]

really?

Is that so?

Anyway I wouldn't really count those as references since those characters didn't even exist at the time PCB was made. I'd call them precursors.

[Unassuming Squid]

Is that so?

Anyway I wouldn't really count those as references since those characters didn't even exist at the time PCB was made. I'd call them precursors.

But if we're going with the theory that ZUN plans these games out way, way ahead of time, then they could be references in a way.

Or they could just be really weird coincidences.

[Drake]

imma go with coincidences

[Phlegeth]

Suika:  EARTH
Mokou:  FIRE
Sanae:  WIND
Shou:  WATER
Byakuren:  HEART
All:  Go CHEN!
Chen:  By powers combined I AM CAPTAIN CHEEEEEEEN

[Marin The Magus]

Epicness

CHEEEEEEEEEEEEEN

[CK Crash]

Anyway I wouldn't really count those as references since those characters didn't even exist at the time PCB was made. I'd call them precursors.

No way.

[Mushyrulez]

We might just be thinking about it backwards.


What if ZUN planned future games /from/ Chen's spellcards? Chen's spellcards aren't references - the future characters are references.


:V

[OkashiiKisei]

Byakuren is only classified as a magician youkai so I guess it stands to reason that she'll die eventually.

Though according to PM complete youkai magicians (like Byakuren) stop aging. Completely. And if you don't age, you can't really die of age, you know? However, youkai magicians still have human bodies, which are way frailer than youkai bodies, so Byakuren could die via conventional means, like a stab wound.

[Drake]

Byakuren's magically superhumanized physical abilities and spell card rules kind of cross that possibility out, though.
Forever is a long time, anyways.